Following the
ongoing corruption case, and after his announcement that in July he would run for FIFA president, Platini was also involved himself in the case. Swiss prosecutors accused FIFA president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Platini. Swiss attorney general,
Michael Lauber [
de], stated: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person."
[46][47] Both Platini and Blatter were placed under formal investigation by FIFA's independent ethics committee in late September 2015.
[48]
On 8 October 2015, Platini was provisionally suspended until 6 January 2016 from any football-related activity.
[49] On 21 December, Platini and Blatter were both found guilty of ethics violations and barred from the sport until 2023.
[7] The committee said Platini "did not show commitment to an ethical attitude" and lacked respect for laws and regulations of the organization.
[50][51] Platini boycotted the hearing, and said he planned to appeal the decision, declaring himself "at peace with my conscience."
[52][53][54][55] He appealed to Swiss courts, and to the
European Court of Human Rights, but the courts rejected his appeals.
[56]
Platini was also involved in the Greek public polemica[
vague] regarding the
2015 Greek football scandal.
[57][58][59]
In April 2016, Platini has been
named in the
Panama Papers.
[60]
On 18 May 2018, Platini said that the
1998 FIFA World Cup draw was fixed to ensure France and Brazil could not face each other until the final if both teams won their groups.
[61]
In June 2019, Platini was questioned over the awarding of the
2022 World Cup to Qatar
